Daytona State College students, faculty and staff today honored those who died on
Sept. 11, 2001, during a memorial commemorating the 11th anniversary of the attacks on New York’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington,
D.C.

Organized by the Student Government Association (SGA), the half-hour tribute opened
with a presentation of the colors by the Mainland High School Jr. ROTC. It took place
in The Landing on the Daytona Beach Campus.

SGA President Alicia Dove welcomed those in attendance while SGA Treasurer Alejandro
Peres led the Pledge of Allegiance. Other students sang in honor of the 9/11 victims,
as well the first responders and armed services personnel who served in its aftermath.
They included SGA officer Gerrard Minnus and vocal student Coral Pitter, who sang
the Star Spangled Banner and America the Beautiful, respectively. SGA officer Landon
Beck, also a combat-wounded veteran, noted that the 9/11 attacks struck the hearts
of many throughout the world. “Since that day, many brave individuals and leaders
in our armed services have lost their lives in carrying out our nation’s plan for
justice,” he said. “I speak on behalf of these men, women and our wounded veterans.
To our friends, our family and our nation, we still stand firm.”